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On Monday, New Zealand Dollar (NZD) jumped after Adrian Orr was appointed the new Central Bank Governor. Orr is an experienced central banker who has worked as the deputy governor and economist. Previously, he led the country’s $26…

The USD/JPY rally that started on 27th November continued last week. This rally is attributed to several factors including: the normalized tensions between United States and North Korea, the tax reform bill that is currently in the Republican…

Article updated November 22nd to reflect Bitcoin’s new price rise Owning or trading bitcoin might seem like a dream for most people, especially since the cryptocurrency reached an unprecedented high – breaking through the $8000 level today on…

The Bank of Canada once again raised its benchmark interest rate, with the BOC stating it sees the economy’s powerful performance pointing to broader, more self-sustaining growth. The central bank hiked rates by one-quarter point to 1%, its…

The Nonfarm payrolls jobs report left investors disappointed, and the greenback under further pressure, as the United States economy created just 156,000 jobs in August while the official US unemployment rate moved higher to 4.4%. Financial markets had…

The U.S. dollar, referred to as the USD, is the staple of the financial system and is used in virtually every corner of the globe. Beyond being one of the world’s biggest currencies, the greenback has some interesting…

Over the centuries, the United States dollar better known to traders as the USD, has emerged as the world’s most actively traded currency and the core of the global financial system. The evolution of the currency is long…

NFP Report Exceeds Expectations The Labor Department’s most recent jobs report was described as “near perfect” by Thomas Simons, economist at Jefferies & Company.[1] Investors certainly took notice, as the dollar rose and the Dow reached new record…

If you spend enough time observing the market you will realize that action and reaction cause most of market movements. If you take a closer look you will see that three names seem to always appear close to…

On Friday a robust NFP (nonfarm payrolls) report eased fears of a broad slowdown in the world’s largest economy, and helped U.S. stocks and the US dollar spike. June NPF Report Better than Expected The U.S. economy added…

It was all about the US overnight. While the playbook was supposed to be “all quiet until the FOMC”, the fireworks began early with the release of much softer US CPI data. The core rate of inflation increased…

Markets were trading cautiously as news of a suspected terror attack in Manchester offset an overnight advance by Wall Street that took US stocks close to a fresh record. The dollar slipped to a more than six-month low…

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